Douglas Campbell

Jack Carroll

Congregations in America by Mark Chaves.
Chaves has much to say about faith-based initiatives
and the role of congregations in public life.

United by Faith: The Multiracial Congregation as an
Answer to the Problem of Race by Curtiss P. DeYoung,
Michael Emerson, et al.
The authors present a powerful case for multiracial
congregations, providing examples, warrants and
strategies for achieving such congregations.

Bobos in Paradise by David Brooks. Fun but enlightening look at bourgeois bohemians, or "bobos," who have wed capitalist values to a counterculture
lifestyle.

Touchdown Jesus: The Mixing of Sacred and Secular in
American History by Laurence Moore.
Sheds light on how secular and religious cultures have
allowed each to affect the other in ways that substituted
pragmatism for the claims of biblical religion.

Stephen Chapman

The Life of Pi by Yann Martel. A wonderful parable of a novel exploring the role of
God and providence in human existence.

Publish and Perish: Three Tales of Tenure and Terror by James Hynes. “Gothic university” stories are perfect summer reading
for grad students and junior professors.

Story as Torah: Reading Old Testament Narrative
Ethically by Gordan J. Wenham.
A thought-provoking treatment of the Old Testament
and ethics.

The Bible and Homosexual Practice: Texts and
Hermeneutics by Robert A.J. Gagnon.
The most comprehensive exploration of the Bible and
homosexuality, which is sure to be a focus for continued
debate this summer.

Bible and Mission: Christian Witness in a Postmodern
World by Richard Bauckham.
On the role of Christians and Christianity in the post-
9/11 world.

James Crenshaw

The Jewish Study Bible. Oxford University Press.
The notes to the biblical text are excellent, and the
lengthy articles at the back contain a wealth of information
about Jewish interpretation.

Amy Laura Hall

Preaching Eugenics: Religious Leaders and the
American Eugenics Movement by Christine Rosen.
Detailed but accessible account of religious leaders
who railed against the burden of the disabled; should
be required reading for mainline Protestants.

War against the Weak: Eugenics and America’s
Campaign to Create a Master Race by Edwin Black.
Winner of the 2003 International Human Rights
Award, Black traces the eugenic connections between
the Carnegie Corporation, Planned Parenthood and
the Human Genome Project.

Richard Hays

Paul among the Postliberals: Pauline Theology Beyond
Christendom and Modernity by Douglas Harink.

In God’s Time: The Bible and the Future by Craig Hill.

The Story of Romans by A. Katherine Grieb.

Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game by Michael Lewis.

Greg Jones

The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.
Every five years or so I re-read Dostoyevsky’s great
masterpiece, a theologically-rich and narratively-dense
text that merits multiple readings.

Ways of Dying by Zakes Mda.
Mda’s novel has been recommended as a compelling
new portrait of life in South Africa.

Flannery O’Connor and the Christ-Haunted South by
Ralph Wood.
This new book promises to yield many insights into
O’Connor, as well as significant reflection on the
American South and Christian faith.